# Can I use wild cards or change the start of a TRACK NAME?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-use-wild-cards-or-change-the-start-of-a-track-name/12809
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 13, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-use-wild-cards-or-change-the-start-of-a-track-name/12809 "2011-12-13T04:43:40Z")
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### Author: ![Jyujinkai](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Jyujinkai](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jyujinkai)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-use-wild-cards-or-change-the-start-of-a-track-name/12809/2 "2011-12-13T04:52:51Z")

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I'm so sorry, I didn't see the FAQ as it was a nested forum, and I only searched in the main support forum... sorry

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> Removing of a certain number of leading chars
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> Question:  
> I have some leading chars in the filename/tag. How can I remove them?
> 
> Answer:  
> Create a new action in an existing action group and choose Replace with regular expression as action type.  
> In Field, choose where you want to remove the chars.  
> In Regular expression enter ^.{3} if you want to remove 3 chars.  
> Replace matches with stays empty.  
> So you can enter the number of chars to be removed between the two curly brackets.
> 
> To remove the last 3 characters use .{3}$ (Do not use this on \_FILENAME)

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All fixed, thanks for a great program.. sorry I polluted your forum when the answer was there right in the FAQ ☹

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